openwrt/target/linux/ipq806x/patches-5.4/900-arm-add-cmdline-override.patch
Hauke Mehrtens bcaabe6d05 kernel: bump 5.4 to 5.4.211
Similar version was upstreamed:
 bcm27xx/patches-5.4/950-0392-tty-amba-pl011-Add-un-throttle-support.patch

Manually adapted:
 ipq806x/patches-5.4/0063-2-tsens-support-configurable-interrupts.patch
 layerscape/patches-5.4/301-arch-0008-arm-add-new-non-shareable-ioremap.patch

Compile-tested: x86/64
Run-tested: x86/64

Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
2022-09-04 15:32:22 +02:00

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--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1836,6 +1836,14 @@ config ARM_ATAG_DTB_COMPAT_CMDLINE_MANGL
endchoice
+config CMDLINE_OVERRIDE
+ bool "Use alternative cmdline from device tree"
+ help
+ Some bootloaders may have uneditable bootargs. While CMDLINE_FORCE can
+ be used, this is not a good option for kernels that are shared across
+ devices. This setting enables using "chosen/cmdline-override" as the
+ cmdline if it exists in the device tree.
+
config CMDLINE
string "Default kernel command string"
default ""
--- a/drivers/of/fdt.c
+++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c
@@ -1060,6 +1060,17 @@ int __init early_init_dt_scan_chosen(uns
if (p != NULL && l > 0)
strlcpy(data, p, min(l, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE));
+ /* CONFIG_CMDLINE_OVERRIDE is used to fallback to a different
+ * device tree option of chosen/bootargs-override. This is
+ * helpful on boards where u-boot sets bootargs, and is unable
+ * to be modified.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_CMDLINE_OVERRIDE
+ p = of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "bootargs-override", &l);
+ if (p != NULL && l > 0)
+ strlcpy(data, p, min((int)l, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE));
+#endif
+
/*
* CONFIG_CMDLINE is meant to be a default in case nothing else
* managed to set the command line, unless CONFIG_CMDLINE_FORCE